Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-20
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How the Delicious Ice Cream Soda II - 81
seeded Ptnk Lemonade.

| How the Delicious Ice Cream soda II - super
seded Pink Lemonade.
| From the New Y lork World.
| "Strawberry and vanilla mixed, please
| and don't make II too sweet"'
There 10 the succuIsnt sound OF q syrupy
| pour, gentle tizz aud . gurgling gush, .
delicate splash, as lump OF ice cream inds
u way from big metal scoop to the depths
of the crystal glass, another dgitato, dppas.
sionato, furioso, top-otf hzz and the fair
"guzzler" OF Gotham Is served with her ice
cream soda
Other people drink ice cream soda else
where, but not a. they drink it here in New
fork-which is by the hour, by the minute,
by the gallon, by the liquid ton. From early
morn to dewy eve the stream of fsmininity
and the stream OF soda pass, ceaselessly, be
hind the window shades Of the coniectioner's,
where the delicacy is supposed to be served
in its tizziest and most fascinating form. At q
big desk, near the door, aud beneath q dang.
ling placard, which bears the following in
stIuctive legend: "Buy your soda water
checks here,' sit placsrd aud cold young
woman, warbling mOnotOnous refrain.
lone or two? Plain or cream ?" and dealing
forth small soiferino, waterproof tickets,
which are eagerly pounced upon by the
thirsting swarm and hurried away to the mar
bic bar presided over by the rapid, elusive
soda water clerk.
These clerks are usually girls, and they
manipulate the ice cream soda with pleasing
deNterlty born OF long and assiduOus cultiva
ton. They Hit nOlsslessly among the array
OF bottles, defly distinguishing Nichy from
ApOllinsris by the sense Of I" fse, >" extract the
juice from the slippery and deceptive lemon
In the twinkling OF an eye, never confuse
chocolate with cranberry, nor insult the pal
sts which crsveth pineapple by the otter of
ssrsapsrilla.
They mix and scoop and stir and serve the
pushing, scramoling, insistent mass before
them silently, swiftly, neatly, and with an air
OF pleraton which gives qualified pleasure
to the recipieut The writer followed one OF
these nyinphs OF the soda water fount to q
qui0s corner, whittier she had repaired to
quench her thirst with glass of clear, cold
water, and when asked why she did not take
an ice cream soda she responded briefly with
sn smisble "ugh" expressive OF nausea,
cies. Later, moved to further con nfidencs, she
placed one round jersey clad elbow on the
counter, mussed up her bang with one plump
hand and proceeded to Discourse, glad OF .
brief respite from the eternal mixing process,
~ don't 500 how they osn drink il! But
then they don't live In 1t, ~ do"
Been living in 1t long ?" she Was asked.
Bout four years now" with Q Riggle
which ended In grosn.
"Oh, yes but you don't serve ice cream
soda all the year around, you know"
"Don't We! Well should remark that
we did. Why, the rush begins here before
May l, and II keeps up hsTder'n harder all
through June, July and August. In August
the people tear in here and drink two or three
sodss right down one sfter'n other. They
thin oil through the fall till winter, and then
though We do an irregular business on the ice
cream, we sell the soda hot with bouilIop,
coffee and chocolate. Seems . II people have
got to drink something 10 New York all the |
time"